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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
@kennaculture.bsky.social
Content Manager at Space.com and freelance science writer focused on animal intelligence, corvids, cephalopods, quantum technology, and AI. Works in Nat Geo, Science Friday, Scientific American, New Scientist, Ars Technica, Nautilus Mag, etc.
I've helped create this virtual #readingclub where once a month we'll dive into a #shortstory that's #sciencefiction themed! Please sign up and join if you love #books and #reading and #scifi!
Love #sciencefiction but don't have time to read a full #book? Space.com has you covered as we're kicking off a new reading club where we read a #scifi short story every month.

www.space.com/entertainmen...

#books #reading #shortstories #reader #sciencefictionbooks #spacebooks #halloweenreads
October 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
Love #sciencefiction but don't have time to read a full #book? Space.com has you covered as we're kicking off a new reading club where we read a #scifi short story every month.

www.space.com/entertainmen...

#books #reading #shortstories #reader #sciencefictionbooks #spacebooks #halloweenreads
October 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Join me next month along in a FREE virtual panel hosted by @sciwrirockies.com as I discuss #careerchange and #jobswitching. I'm honored to be a panelist next to Dr. Jimmy Negus and Karin Kirk and can't wait to see what insights they share.
www.sciwrirockies.com/event-detail...
Switching Lanes: Career pivots in scicomm and science writing | Swarm
www.sciwrirockies.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Reposted by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
Super excited for @kennaculture.bsky.social to share her wisdom with us!!
April 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's time for another "Debrief Weekly Report" podcast with @stephgerk.bsky.social! Listen as we talk #lasers, #cannabis, and #wood!
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Pew Pew Pew! | Lasers Transform Matter, Cannabis Catastrophe, and Transparent Wood
The Debrief Weekly Report | A Science and Technology News Podcast · Episode
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April 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Join us on April 2 to learn about how to protect sources & navigate sensitive stories — featuring investigative journalist @charlespiller.bsky.social! If you're interested in storytelling & ethics, this webinar is for you. Free for @sciwrirockies.com members:

www.sciwrirockies.com/event-detail...
SWARM webinar: Protecting sources and navigating sensitive stories | Swarm
Featuring award-winning investigative journalist Charles Piller
www.sciwrirockies.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you haven't yet registered, be sure to do so to learn all about protecting sources and navigating sensitive stories!
Happening Wednesday! Join SWARM and investigative journalist @charlespiller.bsky.social to talk about protecting sources and navigating sensitive stories.

It's Wednesday, April 2, at 5 pm ET/4 pm CT/3 pm MT/2 pm PT. Free for SWARM members:

www.sciwrirockies.com/event-detail...
Protecting sources and navigating sensitive stories | Swarm
Featuring award-winning investigative journalist Charles Piller
www.sciwrirockies.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Another week calls for another "Debrief Weekly Report" #podcast. Listen as MJ Banias and I talk weird #spacestations, extinctions, and, no surprise, #conspiracytheories.
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Can We 'Grow' Space Stations? | DARPA's Weird New Space Project, Mass Extinction, and How Sleep Impacts Beliefs
The Debrief Weekly Report | A Science and Technology News Podcast · Episode
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March 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Another week calls for another episode of the "Debrief Media Weekly Report" #podcast with @stephgerk.bsky.social and myself! Listen as we talk about #lidar, #impactcraters and brain computer interfaces!
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A Billion Year Old Life Giving Mystery | Ancient Impact Craters, Autonomous Farming, and Robotic Arms
The Debrief Weekly Report | A Science and Technology News Podcast · Episode
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March 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Reposted by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
Great story by @kennaculture.bsky.social in the #debrief on the new model for working memory by Michael Frank and Aneri Soni from Carney's Center for Computational Brain Science. 🧠
The Brain’s Working Memory Has Limits, and These Scientists Say They Know Why
In a new study, researchers from Brown University found that dopamine levels have effects on working memory, including short term memory.
thedebrief.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Another week calls for another episode of the
"Debrief Weekly Report" #podcast! This week
@mjbanias.bsky.social joins me in discussing #robots, #cleanenergy and screen detoxing. It's all here and more!
thedebrief.org/hydrogen-min...

@stephgerk.bsky.social
Hydrogen Mining the Misty Mountains
On this week's episode of The Debrief Weekly Report, Kenna and MJ climb to the mountain top and talk about mining hydrogen. They also get weird with shapeshifting embryonic robots, and then remember a...
thedebrief.org
February 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Another week calls for another episode of the "Debrief Weekly Report" #podcast with myself and @stephgerk.bsky.social! Listen as we discuss pagan rites and medieval hordes, music therapy, and radio astronomy!
open.spotify.com/episode/3gzT...
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ALT: a blue car is parked in the middle of a field with many satellite dishes in the background
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February 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The next season of "The Debrief Weekly Report" is here and we have a great new #podcast episode for you. Listen as @stephgerk.bsky.social and I discuss Kenyan #spacedebris, #bats, and #exoskeletons!
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Listen now!
From Orbit with Love | Mysterious Kenyan Space Ring, WeaRo Exoskeletons, and Bats!
The Debrief Weekly Report | A Science and Technology News Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Reposted by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
Congratulations to JILA Fellow, NIST Physicist, and CU Boulder Physics professor Adam Kaufman for being honored with a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his groundbreaking work in optical tweezers!

jila.colorado.edu/news-events/...
January 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Reposted by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
Just in time for Cephalopod Week, @kennaculture.bsky.social brought us the untold story of Arcadio Rodaniche, the diver and artist who discovered a bizarre octopus but was dismissed by the scientific community for decades.
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/arc...
He Found A Bizarre Octopus, But No One Believed Him
In 1990, diver Arcadio Rodaniche’s findings about a highly social octopus were dismissed. Decades later, his work was validated.
www.sciencefriday.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Reposted by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
No new DEBRIEF WEEKLY REPORT today but guess what? My co-host @kennaculture.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! So follow her for cool science stuff.
November 19, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Reposted by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
New DEBRIEF WEEKLY REPORT podcast episode with
@kennaculture.bsky.social! We talk Martian oceans, movies and terror birds!!
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The Oceans of Mars | Movie Brain Science, Ancient Terror Birds, and China's Martian Discovery
The Debrief Weekly Report | A Science and Technology News Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:37 PM
I am SOOO excited to see my first #byline in "National Geographic!" I've been wanting to write for them forever! My article dives into how the world's smallest penguins are under attack from their raven predators.
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Why are ravens suddenly attacking the world’s smallest penguins?
Ravens have only emerged as a threat to this island colony of little penguins in recent years. Scientists are racing to understand.
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 29, 2024 at 8:46 PM
While my output for #freelance #writing, outside of my normal side hustles, has slowed down a bit, there's still a lot to cover! I'm so excited to have an #article recently published in @thetransmitter.bsky.social, focusing on #corvids and #neuroscience.
www.thetransmitter.org/evolution/nu...
January 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM